reverse in place SLL code example

Example 1: reverse a singly linked list in c

/**
 * C program to reverse a Singly Linked List
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>


/* Structure of a node */
struct node {
    int data; //Data part
    struct node *next; //Address part
}*head;


/* Functions used in the program */
void createList(int n);
void reverseList();
void displayList();


int main()
{
    int n, choice;

    /*
     * Create a singly linked list of n nodes
     */
    printf("Enter the total number of nodes: ");
    scanf("%d", &n);
    createList(n);

    printf("\nData in the list \n");
    displayList();

    /*
     * Reverse the list
     */
    printf("\nPress 1 to reverse the order of singly linked list\n");
    scanf("%d", &choice);
    if(choice == 1)
    {
        reverseList();
    }

    printf("\nData in the list\n");
    displayList();

    return 0;
}


/*
 * Create a list of n nodes
 */
void createList(int n)
{
    struct node *newNode, *temp;
    int data, i;

    if(n <= 0)
    {
        printf("List size must be greater than zero.\n");
        return;
    }

    head = (struct node *)malloc(sizeof(struct node));

    /*
     * If unable to allocate memory for head node
     */
    if(head == NULL)
    {
        printf("Unable to allocate memory.");
    }
    else
    {
        /*
         * Read data of node from the user
         */
        printf("Enter the data of node 1: ");
        scanf("%d", &data);

        head->data = data; // Link the data field with data
        head->next = NULL; // Link the address field to NULL

        temp = head;

        /*
         * Create n nodes and adds to linked list
         */
        for(i=2; i<=n; i++)
        {
            newNode = (struct node *)malloc(sizeof(struct node));

            /* If memory is not allocated for newNode */
            if(newNode == NULL)
            {
                printf("Unable to allocate memory.");
                break;
            }
            else
            {
                printf("Enter the data of node %d: ", i);
                scanf("%d", &data);

                newNode->data = data; // Link the data field of newNode with data
                newNode->next = NULL; // Link the address field of newNode with NULL

                temp->next = newNode; // Link previous node i.e. temp to the newNode
                temp = temp->next;
            }
        }

        printf("SINGLY LINKED LIST CREATED SUCCESSFULLY\n");
    }
}


/*
 * Reverse the order of nodes of a singly linked list
 */
void reverseList()
{
    struct node *prevNode, *curNode;

    if(head != NULL)
    {
        prevNode = head;
        curNode = head->next;
        head = head->next;

        prevNode->next = NULL; // Make first node as last node

        while(head != NULL)
        {
            head = head->next;
            curNode->next = prevNode;

            prevNode = curNode;
            curNode = head;
        }

        head = prevNode; // Make last node as head

        printf("SUCCESSFULLY REVERSED LIST\n");
    }
}


/*
 * Display entire list
 */
void displayList()
{
    struct node *temp;

    /*
     * If the list is empty i.e. head = NULL
     */
    if(head == NULL)
    {
        printf("List is empty.");
    }
    else
    {
        temp = head;
        while(temp != NULL)
        {
            printf("Data = %d\n", temp->data); // Print the data of current node
            temp = temp->next;                 // Move to next node
        }
    }
}

Example 2: reverse a linked list

class recursion { 
	static Node head; // head of list 
	static class Node { 
		int data; 
		Node next; 
		Node(int d) 
		{   data = d; 
			next = null; 	} } 
	static Node reverse(Node head) 
	{ 
		if (head == null || head.next == null) 
			return head; 
		/* reverse the rest list and put the first element 
        at the end */
		Node rest = reverse(head.next); 
		head.next.next = head; 
		/* tricky step -- see the diagram */
    	head.next = null; 
		/* fix the head pointer */
		return rest; 
	}  /* Function to print linked list */
	static void print() 
	{ 
		Node temp = head; 
		while (temp != null) { 
			System.out.print(temp.data + " "); 
			temp = temp.next; 
		} 
		System.out.println(); 
	} 
	static void push(int data) 
	{ 
		Node temp = new Node(data); 
		temp.next = head; 
		head = temp; 
	} /* Driver program to test above function*/
public static void main(String args[]) 
{ 
	/* Start with the empty list */
	push(20); 
	push(4); 
	push(15); 
	push(85); 
	System.out.println("Given linked list"); 
	print(); 
	head = reverse(head); 
	System.out.println("Reversed Linked list"); 
	print(); 
} } // This code is contributed by Prakhar Agarwal